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Thursday, July 15, 2010
Kasich uses Dayton visit with Gingrich to pledge revival of manufacturing
With former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., at his side, Republican John Kasich came to Dayton on Thursday, July 15, to pledge that as governor he would work to restore Ohio’s greatness as a manufacturing state.
“….manufacturing is a crucial part of Ohio’s future,” Gingrich said at Sinclair Community College.
As for his opponent, incumbent Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland and his allies, Kasich said:
“I don’t think they have a clue.”
Kasich toured an advanced manufacturing classroom at Sinclair, held a round table discussion on job training attended by more than two dozen business people and then spoke with reporters. Gingrich also was to attend a fundraiser with Kasich and state Auditor Mary Taylor, Kasich’s lieutenant governor running mate, who also was at Sinclair.
The fundraiser was at the home of Dayton-area business leader Raj Soin, the Kasich campaign said.
“We’ve got to raise money,” Kasich said before talking with reporters. Gingrich called Sinclair “a very impressive institution.”
In an e-mail, Strickland campaign spokeswoman Allison Kolodziej fired back:
“Given their roles as the architects of the trickle-down economic policies that outsourced Ohio jobs and helped Wall Street, big corporations, and the very wealthy at the expense of Ohio’s middle class, Congressman Kasich and Newt Gingrich have zero credibility discussing manufacturing jobs here in Ohio.”
Kasich, a former Columbus-area U.S. House member, served in Congress with Gingrich.
Ohio has lost a total of about 380,000 jobs since Strickland took office in January 2007. There has been a loss of about 151,000 manufacturing jobs since then.
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TweetTop Democrat to headline Ohio Dems dinner
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine is scheduled to be the keynote speaker for the Ohio Democratic Party’s state dinner on Saturday, Aug. 7, the state party announced.
“Chairman Kaine’s presence at our biggest event of the year is a testament to the strong relationship we have with the DNC and to the importance of this year’s elections in Ohio,” Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern said.
The dinner is expected to draw more than 2,500 Democrats from across the state.
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TweetIndiana Gov. Mitch Daniels to team with Kasich on webcast
Challenger John Kasich is getting some help from Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels in Republican Kasich’s campaign to unseat Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland.
Kasich and Daniels will team up on Thursday, July 22, at 3:30 p.m. for an interactive webcast from the Cleveland area to discuss “the need to attract businesses and make Ohio competitive again,” an e-mail said. Daniels also will attend a Cleveland-area fundraiser on Kasich’s behalf on Thursday, the Kasich campaign said.
During the webcase, Kasich and Daniels will take questions from Twitter, Facebook and Web site submissions, the e-mail said.
Click here to join the webcast on July 22.
Kasich frequently has cited Daniels, former budget director for President George W. Bush, as an example of a governor with good ideas for low taxes, low spending and economic development.
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TweetWife killer denied parole for the third time
The Ohio Parole Board denied parole for convicted murderer Theodore Sinks, a former Dayton Daily News maintenance supervisor.
Sinks’ next chance at parole - his fourth - won’t be until Sept. 1, 2015.
Sinks, now 71, killed his wife, Judy, at home and buried her body at the newspaper’s downtown building in 1987.
Judy Sinks’ family as well as Cox Media Group, which owns the Dayton Daily News, opposed parole for Sinks.
Sinks reported his wife missing on Nov. 23, 1987. He was arrested April 26, 1988, after Dayton police, based on evidence from a newspaper maintenance worker, found the body. She had been a clerical worker in the newspaper’s circulation department.
Sinks had placed her body in a plastic barrel and had a subordinate, who did not know the contents, help him move it up elevators and stairs to the top of the building at Fourth and Ludlow streets. There, prosecutors said, Sinks placed the body in a small pit near a cooling tower, and poured cement over it.
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TweetPortman lands gun group endorsement
Republican Rob Portman, who is running for U.S. Senate, won the support of the Buckeye Firearms Association.
The gun-rights group said on Thursday, July 15, “Ohio’s gun owners need Rob Portman in the United States Senate. Not only is Portman the clearly superior choice over anti-gun Lee Fisher, the Senate will play a key role in any gun legislation.”
Portman, a gun owner and hunter, earned an A rating from the National Rifle Association during his 12 years in Congress.
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